Were you aware that in the US alone, around 46 million women and men are affected by arthritic joint pain? You can only but imagine what global statistics are, so it's easy to understand why products that guarantee pain relief regularly take off in a big way. Needless to say very few stay around for very long because women and men soon know if they've been duped or not.

With the above in mind, one really does have to speculate about the genuineness of copper bangles and magnetic bracelets for joint pain. All things considered, these have been in existence for quite a lot of time already, and consumers are still ordering them today.

Okay, rather than waste time, I'm going to actually tell it as it stands. Just remember however, that my goal is not to deter individuals from using these bracelets, and neither am I attempting to discredit them as being phony. The truth of the matter is though; there is absolutely no scientific studies at all to back up promises relating to the success of these bracelets.

In a variety of studies done, some of the volunteers experienced a decrease in pain, while others claimed the bracelets made absolutely no improvement at all. Most researchers think that any joint pain relief, is simply psychosomatic, and as much as I hate to acknowledge it, I do believe them on this occasion. With that having been said, I actually think that if arthritis affected people get relief from sporting the bracelets, no matter whether it's psychosomatic or not, then they shouldn't be discouraged from sporting them.

Please remember the above is simply my personal viewpoint. I've tried using magnetic bracelets for arthritis pain relief before, and I in all honesty can't say they helped in any way. I ended up benefiting a great deal more from a nutritional supplement containing New Zealand green lipped mussel extract, coupled with a quality omega-3 supplement.

Naturally you can easily argue that green lipped mussel extract also lacks sufficient scientific backing, but at least there have been quite a few studies which have showed that it can inhibit certain processes in our body which are necessary for inflammation. Furthermore, one can't overlook the fact that throughout the last decade, the green lipped mussel industry has boomed. Believe it or not, it's grown by 700%, and that alone tells me I'm not the only individual to have achieved positive results from it.

People have been employing magnetic therapy for 100's of years already, and they'll no doubt continue using it. By all means go on and give it a go, but if like me, you don't obtain the pain relief that you were looking forward to, then remember that there is some other options out there too. Some may suit your needs, or they may not, but anything at all is worth trying when you're in constant agony.